Alexis Coquillard

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history of South Bend, Indiana

…the post was bought by Alexis Coquillard and his business partner, Francis Comparet; Coquillard named the place Big St. Joseph Station and promoted European settlement. In 1828 the Michigan Road, the state’s first north-south highway, was laid down nearby, and the next year the settlement became known as Southold. The…